I think its a mistake to regard the change in calendar as a Quaker event, it was an act of the British Parliment and impacted everyone in North America. This isn't just a Quaker event, Germans, Scotch Irish, Welsh were all effected by the change. Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna E. Ristenbatt" <DRistenbatt@dejazzd.com> > To: <NJBURLIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:16 AM > Subject: [NJBurlin] Quaker Calendar Correction > > > > Hi all, > > > > A kind lister sent this to me. I realized I had gotten "rusty" on Quaker > > dates. In one of the last wills I sent, I forgot that after 1752, the > Quakers > > used January as the first month, no longer March. This article should > > help "newbies" and "rusty ones" like yours truly. So, on Lydia Stokes > > Haines LAMB's will, since her dates are after 1752, 23 da, 7th mo, 1778 > > should be July, not Sept. Also, dates on the most recent Nehemiah and > > Lettice Foster LAMB children/Intestate article should be changed. > > Lettice FOSTER was born 22 Feb 1755 and the children are as follows: > > Esaias or Isaiah is 4 Mar 1773, Mary LAMB is 10 Mar 1774; Samuel > > LAMB is 14 May 1777; Rebecca LAMB is 30 Jul 1780 and Charlotte > > LAMB is 9 Aug 1782. Enjoy the article. > > ____________________________________________________ Conestoga Area Historical Society Serving Conestoga, Manor, Martic, Pequea Townships and Millersville Borough, Lancaster County, Pa. http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm _____________________________________________________